When I first became vegetarian around 4 years ago, I thought I hated tofu. Probably because the only previous experience I’d had with it was my mum’s disastrous attempt at her own garlic tofu recipe, which was literally just a combination of garlic and mushy, bland tofu. Safe to say, …
In his now-notorious beat poem Storm, Tim Minchin takes a disparaging look at propagators of natural remedies and alternative medicine, summarising his point with the famous line ‘You know what they call alternative medicine that’s been proved to work? Medicine.’ Likewise, practitioners of science-based medicine are sometimes considered closed-minded by …
The use of plants and herbs in beauty products is an increasingly popular subject in the beauty community, and not always for the best reasons. Whether it’s Gwyneth Paltrow’s heavily-criticised Netflix documentary, Bella Thorne’s painful Harper’s Bazaar video , or Caroline Hirons calling out jade rollers on This Morning, DIY/natural …
Towards the end of the 19th century, the Japanese had opened their doors after centuries of isolationism. Part of the opening doors process involved rebuilding the navy and it will come as no surprise that in this period of history there was only one country to turn to when it …
Some ships never make it further than the drawing board, sometimes a design is drawn and then ultimately the plan is shelved due to political manoeuvring or cost considerations. Some of these ships are cutting edge on paper but the entire design unrealised. Here are my top 5 vessels which …
